A Tongue Becomes Yours
Cultuurcentrum Ter Dilft•Sep 25, 2022 — Dec 04, 2022
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The group exhibition A Tongue Becomes Yours brings artists together who negotiate the potentials and restrictions of language. Language enables us to recognize the world around us and to act within it. During socialisation, language is bound to a particular culture and is full of codes. Geographical and social origins are reflected in expressions and accents. The values of the family nucleus and political power structures equally mould the use of language. At the same time, language is something that can be shaped and makes it possible to strive for a new identity as a society or as an individual. The works presented at CC Ter Dilft deal with language in terms of institutions, media, history, geography, fictional use, and non-verbality. They treat language as an instrument of appropriating and constructing the world. In the early years of our life, our influence on language, which shapes reality, is minimal. When children begin to interact with their social environment, they experie…
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A Tongue Becomes Yours
Cultuurcentrum Ter Dilft•Sep 25, 2022 — Dec 04, 2022
Press Release
The group exhibition A Tongue Becomes Yours brings artists together who negotiate the potentials and restrictions of language. Language enables us to recognize the world around us and to act within it. During socialisation, language is bound to a particular culture and is full of codes. Geographical and social origins are reflected in expressions and accents. The values of the family nucleus and political power structures equally mould the use of language. At the same time, language is something that can be shaped and makes it possible to strive for a new identity as a society or as an individual. The works presented at CC Ter Dilft deal with language in terms of institutions, media, history, geography, fictional use, and non-verbality. They treat language as an instrument of appropriating and constructing the world. In the early years of our life, our influence on language, which shapes reality, is minimal. When children begin to interact with their social environment, they experie…
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